Environmental law and sustainability after Rio

Contents:

1. Introduction: Environmental Law and Sustainability after Rio
Jamie Benidickson, Ben Boer, Antonio Herman Benjamin and Karen Morrow;

PART I: HISTORY, PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF SUSTAINABILITY
2. Reflecting on Rio: Environmental Law in the Coming Decades Nicholas A. Robinson;

3. Capacity Building in Environmental Law in African Universities Charles Odidi Okidi;

4. Local Agenda 21: A Rights-based Approach to Local Environmental Governance Anel du Plessis;

5. Brazilian 'Socioambientalismo' and Environmental Justice Fernanda de Salles Cavedon and Ricardo Stanziola Vieira;

6. Risk Society and the Precautionary Principle Miriam Alfie Cohen and Adrian de Garay Sanchez;

7. Measuring the Environment through Public Procurement Nicola Lugaresi;

PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS, ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND LIABILITY ISSUES;
8. A Sustainable and Equitable Legal Order Werner Scholtz;

9. The Courts and Public Participation in Environmental Decision- making Karen Morrow;

10. Enchanced Access to Environmental Justice in Kenya Robert Kibugi ;

11. Towards a New Theory of Environmental Liability Without Proof of Damage Jose Juan Gonzalez;

12. Diffuse Damages in Environmental Torts in Brazil Arlindo Daibert;

PART III: NATURAL RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY;
13. Transboundary Aquifers: Towards Substantive and Process Reform in Treaty-making Joseph W. Dellapenna and Flavia Rocha Loures;

14. Achieving Sustainability: Plant Breeders' and Farmers' Rights Mekete Bekele Tekle;

PART IV: ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY;
15. International Law and Sustainable Energy: A Portrait of Failure David Hodas;

16. Cross-border Gas Pipelines and Sustainability in Southern Africa Willemien du Plessis;

17. Is EU Climate Change Policy Legally Robust? Javier de Cendra de Larragan;

18. Combating Climate Change in Uganda Emmanuel Kasimbazi;

PART V: NATURE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY;
19. Contractual Tools for Implementing the CBD in South Africa Alexander Paterson;

20. Mangrove Swamps and Sustainability Marcelo Nogueira Camargos and Solange Teles da Silva;

21. The Amazonian Treaty and Harmonisation of Environmental Legislation Jose Augusto Fontoura Costa, Solange Teles da Silva and Fernanda Sola;

Index